LOS ANGELES – Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer and virtual one-man soundtrack of the 1960s and ’70s who played on the songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys and laid down ...

Hal Blaine, the studio drummer who lent his signature sounds and structure to scores of Grammy-winning and chart-topping songs — from Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin to the Byrds and the Beach Boys — ...

He played on six consecutive Grammy award-winning Record of the Year performances from 1966 through to 1971, as a key member of The Wrecking Crew (the name coined by Blaine for a group of successful ...

Drummer Hal Blaine, whose smooth backbeat anchored many of the greatest hits of the '60s and '70s, including the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," the Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man" and Simon & Garfunkel's ...

The late Holyoke drummer Hal Blaine has been recognized as one of history’s most recorded studio drummers. His work with The Beach Boys, The Ronettes and other bands in the 1960s and 1970s earned him ...

Hal Blaine, the ubiquitous drummer whose work in the 1960s and ‘70s with Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, the Ronettes and many others established ...

Drummer Hal Blaine, who propelled dozens of major hit records during the ‘60s and ‘70s as a member of the “Wrecking Crew,” Hollywood’s elite, ubiquitous cadre of first-call studio musicians, died ...

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Firstly, a little background. According to Rolling Stone, this all started with Elvis’ manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Blaine received a call from Parker, who asked Blaine why he was so against working ...

Hal Blaine, a prolific Los Angeles session drummer most closely associated with the Wrecking Crew, a tightly knit group of studio musicians in the 1960s and '70s who added a professional studio sound ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer and virtual one-man soundtrack of the 1960s and ’70s who played on the songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys and laid ...